Dan Makoski

Dan Makoski is a Silicon Valley executive who leads innovation by design.

He is VP of Design at Walmart, leading an extraordinary team of UX Researchers and Designers to transform the way the world saves money and lives better.

Dan started Project ARA at Google, designed the original Surface at Microsoft, led design research globally at Motorola, and was the first VP of Design at Capital One. Dan began his career at the world’s top design agencies and even started his own at one point (now on pause).

The common thread across his career is the belief that design is most powerful when it’s an expression of humble service, and innovation is most impactful when it fosters openness and inclusion.

Most importantly, Dan knows seven versions of the running man.

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Design Innovation Day

March 7th, 2018

10:30

Design For Living Better

10:30 - 11:15

Dan's talk will explore the practical steps that user experience teams can take to have a more positive impact on peoples' lives, and on society as a whole. Based on personal experience building products for Microsoft, Google, Capital One and Walmart, this is a call to action to user experience professionals to deploy their craft as an expression of humble service and to make their work more human, authentic and real.